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BOSTON — http://www.angelsfanproshop.com/authentic-zack-cozart-jersey , a Sunday matinee matchup between aces Jacob deGrom and Chris Sale would be must-see TV.Even on a football Sunday.They will face each other Sunday at Fenway Park, but while the New York Mets‘ deGrom continues his march toward what would be a rather unconventional Cy Young Award, Sale is scheduled to pitch only three innings as he works his way back from left shoulder inflammation.Article continues below ...Sale, the Boston Red Sox’s main guy, pitched one inning in his first stint off his second trip to the disabled list as Boston manager Alex Cora does what has to be done to get the skinny left-hander ready for the postseason.Said Cora, the day after his ace’s first outing: “He’s encouraged. Yesterday was his first big league outing and like he was all over the place and he admitted it and the game sped up with him right away with the (leadoff) double and it’s like, ‘Oh, wait a minute, I’ve got to compete.’ But he’ll be fine. At the end he struck out two, induced a popup. I know Sunday will be better.”Cora’s team reduced its magic number for clinching the American League East to four after Saturday’s 5-3 victory over the Mets (coupled with the New York Yankees’ loss in New York). The first-year manager will patch things together after Sale.DeGrom has been great all year, pitching to a 1.71 ERA with incredible consistency. But a complete lack of support has him 8-9 coming into this start. Among his many individual accomplishments, he has gone 26 straight starts allowing three earned runs or fewer — breaking a 108-year major league record.The right-hander appears to be in a battle for the Cy Young with Max Scherzer and Aaron Nola, but both have faltered lately, Scherzer lasting four innings Friday night — his shortest outing of the season.DeGrom has eight straight starts of two earned runs or less but is 3-3 during that span.“Pitching is all about run prevention Ian Kinsler Jersey , no matter how you do it,” Mets manager Mickey Calloway said earlier this week. “All the things that Jacob’s done this year is all about run prevention, and he’s been by far the best in Major League Baseball at it.“If you put both leagues together he should win the Cy Young out of both leagues in my mind because he’s preventing runs better than anybody else in Major League Baseball.”In another matchup twist, the only home run deGrom hit in college was off Sale.The Red Sox, beaten 8-0 Friday night, trailed the Mets 3-1 before scoring four runs in the fifth inning as Rick Porcello won his 17th and the team won their 102nd on Saturday.The table seems set for the Red Sox to be able to clinch the division at Yankee Stadium, which would seem to make it even sweeter for them and their fans. The rivals play three games in the Bronx starting Tuesday night.Saturday’s win brought the Red Sox back to 55 games above .500 (102-47), matching their season high. They need four wins in their last 13 games to break the franchise record for wins in a season, set in 1912.Boston is 15-4 in interleague play this season, 20-4 in their last 24 home games against the National League and 36-9 in their last 45 interleague games. A win Sunday gives them 13 straight interleague series wins.Before Saturday’s game, Dustin Pedroia and the Red Sox honored David Wright, whose career will almost surely come to an end when he starts at third base for the Mets on Sept. 29. Pedroia presented Wright with a No. 5 from the manual scoreboard at Fenway.Wright and Pedroia played together on the 2009 USA team at the World Baseball Classic and also share the same agent. Perhaps the run-starved Pittsburgh Pirates were just what the Atlanta Braves needed to get revved up again.The Braves (70-55), first in the National League East, arrived at PNC Park seeming a bit vulnerable after being swept in four games by Colorado. But Wednesday they will go for a sweep of the three-game series in Pittsburgh.Atlanta slipped past the Pirates 1-0 Monday Albert Pujols Jersey , then blew past them 6-1 Tuesday behind eight scoreless, four-hit innings from Kevin Gausman and two two-run homers from shortstop Dansby Swanson.Article continues below ...“Just trying to help us win,” Swanson told Fox Sports: Braves.Gausman has won three straight starts after a loss since being acquired by the Braves.“This is a fun team to play for, especially right now,” he said. “We’re playing well, and it’s a fun place to come to work every day.”The Pirates (63-64), meanwhile, fell below .500 again and remained nine games behind the first-place Chicago Cubs in the National League Central. Pittsburgh is seeing a shot at a wild-card spot slipping away, and has been miserable offensively while wasting several strong pitching performances.Pittsburgh has scored six runs in its past six games combined, and that includes three of four losses by shutout in that span.“It definitely gets tough when a week goes by without us swinging the bat the way we know we can,” Pirates first baseman Josh Bell said. “We’re just hoping to flip that switch and get hot again.”Manager Clint Hurdle didn’t sound as if he had any answers.“When you start talking about change, that’s very vague,” he said. “Your personnel is your personnel. Can we adjust the lineup, look at some different things? We’ve talked about it.“It’s been hard. These guys are battling. They’ve been doing some different things to try and change up some things. … We’re not getting the results we want.”The Pirates made a couple minor moves Tuesday. They recalled right-hander Clay Holmes (who gave up a run in relief Tuesday night) from Triple-A Indianapolis http://www.dodgersfanproshop.com/authentic-babe-herman-jersey , optioned outfielder Jordan Luplow to Indianapolis and outrighted right-hander Casey Sadler to Indianapolis.The Braves recalled outfielder Michael Reed from Triple-A Gwinnett and optioned right-hander Bryse Wilson to Gwinnett after he was the winner Monday in his major league debut.Atlanta might get closer A.J. Minter (back tightness) back as soon as Wednesday, but the status of catcher Kurt Suzuki is unclear after he left Tuesday’s game. He was hit by a pitch in the left elbow and will have a CT scan Wednesday.In the series finale Wednesday, Braves right-hander Julio Teheran (8-7, 4.24 ERA) is scheduled to start against Pirates right-hander Trevor Williams (10-9, 3.53).Williams has been stingy as a bear with a honeycomb lately, giving up just three runs over his past six starts. That hasn’t always translated to a win, however. In his last outing, Friday against the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh suffered a 1-0 loss, one in which the Pirates tied a club record by hitting into seven double plays.“Baseball is weird, man,” said Williams, who gave up that run on a solo homer, plus three other hits in seven innings Mike Piazza Jersey , with four strikeouts and two walks. “It was tough.”Williams is 0-0 with a 3.86 ERA in two career appearances, including one start, against Atlanta.Teheran has also had some tough-luck starts lately. He has allowed six runs with 19 strikeouts and eight walks over his past three outings without a decision.Thursday, Atlanta blew a ninth-inning lead in a 5-3 loss to Colorado after Teheran held the Rockies to two runs and three hits in seven innings, his longest outing since May 30. Teheran even had a two-out RBI base hit.“I was just really pleased with the pitching performance,” manager Brian Snitker said. “He got it going. … We can’t seem to get him a three- or four-run lead.”Teheran is 3-1 lifetime with a 2.67 ERA in nine games, eight of them starts, against Pittsburgh. In a quirky stat, his seven hit batsmen against Atlanta are his most against any team.